If you ever played in an organized sport, you likely remember your coach telling you to get some rest before a big game. If you ever traveled for a team sporting event, your coach likely gave you and your teammates a curfew that was strictly enforced (e.g., if you broke curfew, you would be benched). […]
We tend to have a misplaced expectation of superior athletes in this country. We look at people like Tiger Woods, Michael Jordan, or Serena Williams and think, “They have a great career ahead of them as a coach. After all, they’ve obviously mastered their sport and have a lot of wisdom to share, right?” While
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: Drive for Show, Putt for Dough – blog 2/23/24 You aren’t putting the ball in the hole, you aren’t scoring well, and you aren’t winning if you aren’t loving. “For each tree is known by its own fruit” (Luke 6:44). To proclaim love but never bear any fruit after it means
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I haven’t written a golf-related blog in a while. I love golf because it is such a wonderful, rich metaphor for life, itself. Did you know that I have a whole series on this topic in one of my books on the North Christian Church website? You can find it here: Diary of a Journeyman – Volume 1:
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Putting in the reps is athletic training phraseology. Bodybuilders use this kind of lingo when they speak about how they’ve made their greatest gains. “No pain, no gain.” Repetition is an imperative to progress, especially when it comes to physical training. This is common knowledge. People talk about the human brain as being a “muscle.”
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If we equate the spiritual life to karate, Jesus Christ would be the “Grandmaster” of grandmasters. Grandmaster and Master are titles used to describe or address some senior or experienced martial artists. Typically, these titles are honorary in nature, meaning that they do not confer rank, but rather distinguish the individual as very highly revered in their school,
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Some say golf is a terribly boring game. Maybe that’s the point… Don’t we have enough stimuli in this world? Might we need a little more “boring” in our lives? What is “boring” anyway? And why is it ever considered a bad thing? Might we turn the tables on this caustic perspective? Golf is awesome
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Now, before you gloss over and assume this blog is just about golf, please know that I also write about the Ten Commandments, vandalism, and envy. So, please read on… There’s an old saying, ‘every golf shot makes someone happy.’ If it’s a good shot, the player is happy; however, if it’s a bad shot, their opponents
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I’ve had a solid golf game for a while, but, like most golfers, I have a weak spot. For me, it’s putting. It has plagued me over the years. Even at the height of my golfing career, I could never call myself a great putter – good, yes, but never great. Too bad – I
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This edition of the blog is unique in the sense that it’s comprised of a letter my wife, Tammy, wrote to herself about 5 years ago, sort of like a diary entry. She was fishing through old folders on her laptop computer recently and came across this letter. When she shared it with me, I
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